Rumors Point to a 'Destiny-Style Suicide Squad Game' - MMORPG.com News

SBFord · April 2019

Rumors Point to a 'Destiny-Style Suicide Squad Game' - MMORPG.com News

GamesRadar is reporting that a leak of marketing materials out of Warner Bros. have surfaced and seem to point to a new game set in the Batman: Arkham universe. It is rumored to include at least one "timed raid mission", Gotham as "one of the playable areas", multiplayers, loot, team-based gameplay, branching storylines and more. Documents point to a 2020 release date.

Read the full story here

JeffSpicoli · April 2019

I would play this

achmede · April 2019

Sounds cool.
Count me in

Aeander · April 2019

Take Injustice 2's robust gear system, and put it in a non-competitive looter game. That would be awesome.

vicentesoul · April 2019

lol yesssssssssss!

Scot · April 2019

"The document goes on to describe a game featuring online multiplayer, loot, team-focused gameplay,"

Seems to me the great Batman series may be headed straight into the jaws of GaaS, we all know how that ends, not sure even superheroes can escape that doom.

Albatroes · April 2019

Warn-A-Brutha studios. Its funny that you guys chose Arkham Knight to match this since they declared the pc version unfixable for the longest time.

cesmode8 · April 2019

Aeander said:

Take Injustice 2's robust gear system, and put it in a non-competitive looter game. That would be awesome.

I bought injustice 2 a few weeks ago. played an hour or so. Honestly, its the most fun Ive had on a console since SNES or something. Cant wait to dive into it more when I find the time.

Valentina · April 2019

Very interesting! I would play this as well.

maskedweasel · April 2019

I find the most interesting part how positive a reception this news has been on the forums.

I on the other hand have so many questions and concerns.

Mykell · April 2019

maskedweasel said:

I find the most interesting part how positive a reception this news has been on the forums.

I on the other hand have so many questions and concerns.

Yeah where's the cynicism i'm used to with my morning coffee lol?

Scot · April 2019

maskedweasel said:

I find the most interesting part how positive a reception this news has been on the forums.

I on the other hand have so many questions and concerns.

We have posters welcoming this and gamers like me wonder how come cash shops have become online casinos? Well there is your answer, so many simply don't see there is even an issue.

Bloodaxes · April 2019

Scot said:

maskedweasel said:

I find the most interesting part how positive a reception this news has been on the forums.

I on the other hand have so many questions and concerns.

We have posters welcoming this and gamers like me wonder how come cash shops have become online casinos? Well there is your answer, so many simply don't see there is even an issue.

Maybe they don't see the glass half empty. Not everyone is a pessimist, some still are hopeful that companies can (and already do) release good games.

Scot · April 2019

Bloodaxes said:

Scot said:

maskedweasel said:

I find the most interesting part how positive a reception this news has been on the forums.

I on the other hand have so many questions and concerns.

We have posters welcoming this and gamers like me wonder how come cash shops have become online casinos? Well there is your answer, so many simply don't see there is even an issue.

Maybe they don't see the glass half empty. Not everyone is a pessimist, some still are hopeful that companies can (and already do) release good games.

Its not about how likely this is to be a good game, it is how the door has been opened to a Game As A Service. That genie once out of the bottle leads to P2W, paying for what used to be free and distorts gameplay just like all cash shops end up doing.

Scot · April 2019

Arterius said:

maskedweasel said:

I find the most interesting part how positive a reception this news has been on the forums.

I on the other hand have so many questions and concerns.

I am not negative because Rocksteady is behind it. There Arkham games will let me give them the benefit of the doubt.

Like Bethesda's track record meant we had to give them the benefit of the doubt for FO76? Never have gaming studios you admire or dislike, wait for launch and take each game as it comes. I am not saying people should not buy the next Batman. I am saying wait as always for the reviews, especially here as we can smell some GaaS.

lahnmir · April 2019

Scot said:

Bloodaxes said:

Scot said:

maskedweasel said:

I find the most interesting part how positive a reception this news has been on the forums.

I on the other hand have so many questions and concerns.

We have posters welcoming this and gamers like me wonder how come cash shops have become online casinos? Well there is your answer, so many simply don't see there is even an issue.

Maybe they don't see the glass half empty. Not everyone is a pessimist, some still are hopeful that companies can (and already do) release good games.

Its not about how likely this is to be a good game, it is how the door has been opened to a Game As A Service. That genie once out of the bottle leads to P2W, paying for what used to be free and distorts gameplay just like all cash shops end up doing.

I am looking at the P2W in Destiny, Division 2, Warframe and Anthem and all those other GaaS looter shooters. Sorry, but I am not too worried.

Now hoping for a class resembling Scarecrow, I would play the living hell out of that. Maybe some Court of Owls or The Batman Who Laughs, Bane would be nice too. Yes, I am a fan, although the Suicide Squad really aren’t my favourite in the DC Universe, rating just slightly above that Superman dork.

/Cheers,
Lahnmir

Aeander · April 2019

Scot said:

Arterius said:

maskedweasel said:

I find the most interesting part how positive a reception this news has been on the forums.

I on the other hand have so many questions and concerns.

I am not negative because Rocksteady is behind it. There Arkham games will let me give them the benefit of the doubt.

Like Bethesda's track record meant we had to give them the benefit of the doubt for FO76? Never have gaming studios you admire or dislike, wait for launch and take each game as it comes. I am not saying people should not buy the next Batman. I am saying wait as always for the reviews, especially here as we can smell some GaaS.

Bethesda always made buggy games and relied on modders to make them good.

Years upon years of porting Skyrim without substantial official bug fixes ahould have been an early red flag.

Rocksteady just makes good games. If there is a party to worry about here, it's Warner Bros., who are actually a pretty shitty publisher.

Scot · April 2019

lahnmir said:

Scot said:

Bloodaxes said:

Scot said:

maskedweasel said:

I find the most interesting part how positive a reception this news has been on the forums.

I on the other hand have so many questions and concerns.

We have posters welcoming this and gamers like me wonder how come cash shops have become online casinos? Well there is your answer, so many simply don't see there is even an issue.

Maybe they don't see the glass half empty. Not everyone is a pessimist, some still are hopeful that companies can (and already do) release good games.

Its not about how likely this is to be a good game, it is how the door has been opened to a Game As A Service. That genie once out of the bottle leads to P2W, paying for what used to be free and distorts gameplay just like all cash shops end up doing.

I am looking at the P2W in Destiny, Division 2, Warframe and Anthem and all those other GaaS looter shooters. Sorry, but I am not too worried.

Now hoping for a class resembling Scarecrow, I would play the living hell out of that. Maybe some Court of Owls or The Batman Who Laughs, Bane would be nice too. Yes, I am a fan, although the Suicide Squad really aren’t my favourite in the DC Universe, rating just slightly above that Superman dork.

/Cheers,
Lahnmir

You do realise time does not stop in the here and now, cash shops to GaaS is a monetarisation journey that won't stop in April 2019. This is a similar argument as was made about the original cash shops, "well the western ones are not as bad as the ones from Korea". How long before they were?

Bloodaxes · April 2019

Scot said:
Its not about how likely this is to be a good game, it is how the door has been opened to a Game As A Service. That genie once out of the bottle leads to P2W, paying for what used to be free and distorts gameplay just like all cash shops end up doing.

Sure, there's many publishers that are greedy it's a known thing. Being overly pessimistic is not good thing when there's barely any information.

I'd say give it some time so more details are shown to us before judging the game. It could be good, it could be bad. In this stage, people are interested in the concept of a new superhero themed game to play. I see nothing wrong in being positive.

Cryomatrix · April 2019

I just want to drive the batmobile as my daily driver.

Image: https://images.autotrader.com/scaler/620/420/cms/images/oversteer/2018/02-feb/atfindbatmobile/273621.jpg

Scot · April 2019

Bloodaxes said:

Scot said:
Its not about how likely this is to be a good game, it is how the door has been opened to a Game As A Service. That genie once out of the bottle leads to P2W, paying for what used to be free and distorts gameplay just like all cash shops end up doing.

Sure, there's many publishers that are greedy it's a known thing. Being overly pessimistic is not good thing when there's barely any information.

I'd say give it some time so more details are shown to us before judging the game. It could be good, it could be bad. In this stage, people are interested in the concept of a new superhero themed game to play. I see nothing wrong in being positive.

That's a fair point, we are extrapolating a lot from very little, I guess I have seen it so many times before I just despair and think here we go again.

Bloodaxes · April 2019

Torval said:
The industry has taken the low road at consumer expense at every single turn and crossroads. How did F2P and cash shops gain traction? Because the industry was sitting back milking subscriptions with a minimum effort return. Cash shops didn't have to be a scourge. The industry chose to drive them that direction along with loot crates and predatory revenue algorithms. They continue their predatory practices by carving out a complete game and selling it back piecemeal. This isn't pessimism. This is a normal response to bad faith actors (publishers and developers). Why should consumers roll over, bend over, and take it how they're told to?

Which I didn't deny, BUT in this case there's barely any information to cast it out into the pile with bad practices that try to gain money from every little aspect of the game.

Give it some time, if it shows bad practices I'm sure many more will criticise the game.

AwakenWarrior · April 2019

Wow! It is really interesting. Want it.

maskedweasel · April 2019

Scot said:

Bloodaxes said:

Scot said:
Its not about how likely this is to be a good game, it is how the door has been opened to a Game As A Service. That genie once out of the bottle leads to P2W, paying for what used to be free and distorts gameplay just like all cash shops end up doing.

Sure, there's many publishers that are greedy it's a known thing. Being overly pessimistic is not good thing when there's barely any information.

I'd say give it some time so more details are shown to us before judging the game. It could be good, it could be bad. In this stage, people are interested in the concept of a new superhero themed game to play. I see nothing wrong in being positive.

That's a fair point, we are extrapolating a lot from very little, I guess I have seen it so many times before I just despair and think here we go again.

I more than anybody would love to see a great new superhero game, but I find it interesting that THIS idea is what people are being positive about.

To me, it's such a strange idea to begin with.

1. It's based around the Suicide Squad. Where the premise is a group of villains tasked by the government to go on "hero-esque" suicide missions, or face death. For a single player title, it would be a fantastic premise. For a Destiny type of shared world game, it doesn't make sense to me.

2. In terms of destiny-esque shared world shooters, they all have classes. While suicide squads are made up of "classes" in a sense, the villains that made up the squads varied widely. What are we looking at here? A character creator? Pigeon holing people into base classes, or simply placing every player in the role of deadshot doesn't really make sense, nor entice me to want to play it.

3. They talk about a special raid style mission where you are either tasked by R'as Al Ghul or are set against him, and what I would imagine would be the league of assassins. It could be an interesting mission, but if you're doing it for him, that doesn't fit with suicide squad, if you're fighting against him, that's an interesting story arc, but a lot of members of SS were also part of the league of assassins.

4. Is there solo play? If the premise is squad game play, who is providing the missions, and if it's ARGUS, how does that even work? Are you given NPC's? Are you not even really part of a squad at all until you take on a mission?

If you fail does your head explode?

I just don't think it makes sense in a shared world shooter style.

Bloodaxes · April 2019

maskedweasel said:

Scot said:

Bloodaxes said:

Scot said:
Its not about how likely this is to be a good game, it is how the door has been opened to a Game As A Service. That genie once out of the bottle leads to P2W, paying for what used to be free and distorts gameplay just like all cash shops end up doing.

Sure, there's many publishers that are greedy it's a known thing. Being overly pessimistic is not good thing when there's barely any information.

I'd say give it some time so more details are shown to us before judging the game. It could be good, it could be bad. In this stage, people are interested in the concept of a new superhero themed game to play. I see nothing wrong in being positive.

That's a fair point, we are extrapolating a lot from very little, I guess I have seen it so many times before I just despair and think here we go again.

I more than anybody would love to see a great new superhero game, but I find it interesting that THIS idea is what people are being positive about.

To me, it's such a strange idea to begin with.

1. It's based around the Suicide Squad. Where the premise is a group of villains tasked by the government to go on "hero-esque" suicide missions, or face death. For a single player title, it would be a fantastic premise. For a Destiny type of shared world game, it doesn't make sense to me.

2. In terms of destiny-esque shared world shooters, they all have classes. While suicide squads are made up of "classes" in a sense, the villains that made up the squads varied widely. What are we looking at here? A character creator? Pigeon holing people into base classes, or simply placing every player in the role of deadshot doesn't really make sense, nor entice me to want to play it.

3. They talk about a special raid style mission where you are either tasked by R'as Al Ghul or are set against him, and what I would imagine would be the league of assassins. It could be an interesting mission, but if you're doing it for him, that doesn't fit with suicide squad, if you're fighting against him, that's an interesting story arc, but a lot of members of SS were also part of the league of assassins.

4. Is there solo play? If the premise is squad game play, who is providing the missions, and if it's ARGUS, how does that even work? Are you given NPC's? Are you not even really part of a squad at all until you take on a mission?

If you fail does your head explode?

I just don't think it makes sense in a shared world shooter style.

My assumption would be something akin to the suicide squad but instead of using the main characters, you create your own villain and join other villains (players) and do objectives for the government. Still sounds lame, but I hope it's not premade characters and you pick one as your starting "class".

Scot · April 2019

Bloodaxes said:

maskedweasel said:

Scot said:

Bloodaxes said:

Scot said:
Its not about how likely this is to be a good game, it is how the door has been opened to a Game As A Service. That genie once out of the bottle leads to P2W, paying for what used to be free and distorts gameplay just like all cash shops end up doing.

Sure, there's many publishers that are greedy it's a known thing. Being overly pessimistic is not good thing when there's barely any information.

I'd say give it some time so more details are shown to us before judging the game. It could be good, it could be bad. In this stage, people are interested in the concept of a new superhero themed game to play. I see nothing wrong in being positive.

That's a fair point, we are extrapolating a lot from very little, I guess I have seen it so many times before I just despair and think here we go again.

I more than anybody would love to see a great new superhero game, but I find it interesting that THIS idea is what people are being positive about.

To me, it's such a strange idea to begin with.

1. It's based around the Suicide Squad. Where the premise is a group of villains tasked by the government to go on "hero-esque" suicide missions, or face death. For a single player title, it would be a fantastic premise. For a Destiny type of shared world game, it doesn't make sense to me.

2. In terms of destiny-esque shared world shooters, they all have classes. While suicide squads are made up of "classes" in a sense, the villains that made up the squads varied widely. What are we looking at here? A character creator? Pigeon holing people into base classes, or simply placing every player in the role of deadshot doesn't really make sense, nor entice me to want to play it.

3. They talk about a special raid style mission where you are either tasked by R'as Al Ghul or are set against him, and what I would imagine would be the league of assassins. It could be an interesting mission, but if you're doing it for him, that doesn't fit with suicide squad, if you're fighting against him, that's an interesting story arc, but a lot of members of SS were also part of the league of assassins.

4. Is there solo play? If the premise is squad game play, who is providing the missions, and if it's ARGUS, how does that even work? Are you given NPC's? Are you not even really part of a squad at all until you take on a mission?

If you fail does your head explode?

I just don't think it makes sense in a shared world shooter style.

My assumption would be something akin to the suicide squad but instead of using the main characters, you create your own villain and join other villains (players) and do objectives for the government. Still sounds lame, but I hope it's not premade characters and you pick one as your starting "class".

Now this really is going out on a limb, wishful thinking as opposed to my cynical take.

One thing I will not be doing is getting a pre-order for this game regardless if it is the start of the road to GaaS, you just have a better quality of gaming that way.

As Masked Weasel said the Suicide Squad is an odd pick, I think if there is anything to this rumour we may find it is not exactly what it seems on the rumour tin.

Howdy, Stranger!

Rumors Point to a 'Destiny-Style Suicide Squad Game' - MMORPG.com News

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Comments

Aloha Mr Hand !

Howdy, Stranger!

Quick Links

Rumors Point to a 'Destiny-Style Suicide Squad Game' - MMORPG.com News

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Comments

Aloha Mr Hand !